android

Pluralandroids

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A robot made to look and act like a person.

   In the movie, the android looked so real that nobody knew it was a machine.

   The museum has an android that greets visitors and answers their questions.

   Similarhumanoid

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A human being that people have made, not a natural one.

   In the story, scientists grew an android in a tank, and it looked just like a real man.

   The androids in the book had real skin and blood, but no childhood to remember.

3. 3
   adjective

   Having qualities that humans have.

   The toy store sells android dolls that talk and laugh like real children.

   The scientist built an android head that can move its eyes and smile like a person.

   Similarhumanoid, humanlike

4. 4
   adjective

   Like what is usual for men, not for women.

   He carries his extra weight around his belly, an android shape that doctors watch closely.

   As women get older, their body fat often moves into a more android pattern, around the waist.

   Oppositegynoid

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5. 5
   adjective

   Describes a pelvis that is narrow at the front with a heart-shaped opening, as is usual in men.

   The X-ray showed that she has an android pelvis, which can make giving birth harder.

   The teacher held up a model of an android pelvis next to a typical female one.

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